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by David HewettPhoto courtesy William J. Jenack Auctioneers.The little silver and enamel box in William J. Jenack Auctioneers' April 11 sale has an interesting history, besides its Russian birth and subsequent travels, that is. When it was hammered down at Jenack's Chester, New York, sale, it finished one segment of ... (Read More)
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Where was it made? The walnut table with splayed cabriole legs and a two-board top is similar to a table with a three-board top pictured in Southern Antiques by Paul H. Burroughs (1931), which is open to the image.From left, Phil Zimmerman, Skip Chalfant, and Philip W. Bradley inspect the ... (Read More)
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Skinner, Inc., Boston, MassachusettsArnaldo Pomodoro (b. 1926), artists proof for Rotante primo sezionale no. 1 (Rotating First Section No. 1), 1966, bronze, 31½" diameter, from the Melvin B. Nessel collection, $468,000 (est. $100,000/150,000).From an edition of 50 plus three proofs, Which Way? by Martin Lewis (1881-1962) sold to an on-site ... (Read More)
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Flamingo Eventz, LLC has announced that the Start of Manchester Antiques Show is moving to the JFK Memorial Coliseum at 303 Beech Street, Manchester, New Hampshire.The Start of Manchester show will be held Tuesday, August 10, 12 noon to 6 p.m., and Wednesday, August 11, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ... (Read More)
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Cordier Antiques & Auctions, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, has hired Edward E. Rowe to head the company's on-site and variety auction department. He will oversee the planning and execution of on-site, estate, and multi-consignor variety auctions for the firm. Rowe has worked in the auction business since 2005 and became a ... (Read More)
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Janet K. Fanto of Janet K. Fanto Antiques and Rare Books, Easton, Maryland, holds a copy of Oxonia Illustrata by David Loggan (British/Polish, c. 1634-1692). The folio-size tome contains 38 double-page plates and one foldout triple-page plate depicting various architectural views and scenes of the grounds of Oxford University. The ... (Read More)
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Oil on canvas of Kandahar, Afghanistan by Russian artist Alexandre Evgenievich Iacovleff, $172,500.Yellow-painted Maine country Hepplewhite tables are still strong in the furniture market, but it takes a special one to rise to the top. A single-drawer lamp table had the original mustard yellow base, but what separated it from ... (Read More)
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These pieces were shown by Brennan & Mouilleseaux, Northfield, Connecticut. The Massachusetts inlaid mahogany and cherry bowfront chest was $6800, and the gilded gesso Regency mirror frame of circa 1840 was well under five thousand dollars. Its 41" x 34" across the outside and 27½" across the waist. We missed ... (Read More)
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The sales top lot at $155,250 was Allegory of War, an unframed oil on canvas by Louis Jean François Lagrenée.Fishing Fleet off the Coast, signed lower right H.M. Mesdag, 1896 for Hendrik-Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831-1915), 19½" x 28 3/8", sold for $48,300 to a private collector from Switzerland.This eight-gallon jar, ... (Read More)
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by David HewettOn March 5, an event that a host of unpaid consignors and dealers predicted would happen came to pass. James Douglas Cyr of Gray, Maine, declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Maine. (The filing was for him only, not his wife.) The filing was ... (Read More)
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